International Telecommunication Union COPANT/PASC 23-27 April 2007 1 ITU and international standards collaboration Gary Fishman Chairman ITU Telecommunication.

COPANT/PASC 23-27 April 2007 1 InternationalTelecommunicationUnion

ITU and international

standards collaboration

Gary FishmanChairman

ITU Telecommunication Standardization Advisory

Group (TSAG)

COPANT/PASC23-27 April 2007

Cartagena de IndiasColombia

ITU at the heart of international Geneva

ITU at the heart of international Geneva


Outline

ITU outline and status

Bridging the Standardization Gap

International Cooperation


ITU Structure

ITU-T: Efficient, right-time production of international telecommunication standards

ITU-D: Technical assistance to developing countries to develop telecommunication networks and services

ITU-R: Coordinate radio communications, radio-frequency spectrum management and wireless services


ITU Membership Status – 2006/2007

191 Member States

35 from the Americas; Contributing

US$ 16 Million/year in dues to ITU

36 from Asia-Pacific; Contributing


~1100 Sector Members and Associates

~310 are from the Americas; Contributing


~200 are from Asia-Pacific; Contributing



Some Key ITU ProgramsAssist members in developing and deploying new technologies effectively

Continue studies to meet the need for public protection and disaster relief

Bridge the standardization gap between developing and developed countries

Free electronic access to ITU-T telecom Recommendations – trial from Jan to Sept 2007

Highlight the contribution of Information and Communication Technology to development

Extensive program of workshops and seminars – all free


ITU-T hot topics

Next generation network (NGN)

Based on Internet technology

Home networking

Cybersecurity including identity management (IdM)

Ubiquitous networks – any service, everywhere, anytime

Broadband access

Fibre optics


ITU-T productsOver 200 Recommendations approved per year, adding to more than 3100 in force

About 95% are approved by an “Alternative Approval Process” that cut approval time from more than 2 years, to 10 months and then to less than 10 weeks, and saved millions of dollars at the same time

ITU-T produces common texts with ISO/IEC, and references standards of other SDOs to avoid duplication

Cooperation and collaboration is essential between ITU-T and other standards bodies


Bridging the standardization gap

ITU-T is tasked with providing advice on:

Increased representation and participation in standards-making from developing countries

Developing understanding of key standards technologies

Promotion of standards for key points of interconnection of telecom networks

Adoption of standards in national regulations


Regional Presence

5 ITU Regional Offices: Americas Region

Brasilia, Brazil - Regional OfficeBridgetown, Barbados – Area Office Santiago, Chile – Area OfficeTegucigalpa, Honduras – Area Office

Asia-Pacific RegionBangkok, Thailand – Regional Office

Jakarta, Indonesia – Area OfficeAfrica RegionEurope & CIS RegionArab Region


Regional PresenceRegional Organizations coordinate with their members for ITU policy-level meetings

APT (Asia Pacific)CITEL (America)ATU (Africa)CEPT (Europe)RCC (Commonwealth of Independent States) Arab Group

Technical standards work is primarily driven and approved by Sector Members


ITU Outreach to Regions:Activities in The Americas

Cybersecurity Symposium (Brazil, 2004)

World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (Brazil, 2004)

Workshop on cybersecurity (Peru, 2005)

TELECOM Americas (Brazil, 2005 )

Regional Seminar on (telecom) costs and tariffs (Brazil, 2006; Cuba, 2007)

Info-Communication Technology for Disaster Management (Jamaica, 2007)


ITU Outreach to Regions:Activities in Asia-Pacific

Seminar on Standardization (Cambodia, 2004)

Seminar on Home Networking (Japan, 2004)

Workshops on Next Generation Networks (Japan, 2006; Vietnam, 2006)

Telecom Network Management (China, 2006)

ITU World TELECOM (Hong Kong, 2006)

IP-TV Workshop (Rep. Of Korea, 2006)

Standards and Development (Bahrain, 2007)

Cybersecurity (Vietnam, 2007)


Collaboration and CooperationGoal – work with other standards organizations for improved quality, lower costs, faster procedures

World Standards Cooperation (WSC)

Top management of ISO, IEC, ITU - ~13 people

Strengthen and promote the voluntary consensus-based international standards system

Joint Workshops, education and training

Common patent policy of ISO, IEC, ITU-T, ITU-R

Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) - ~100 people

Upper management of major national and regional telecom standards bodies from A-P, Americas, Europe

Support global standardization by ITU

Exchange planning information


Worldwide Standardization Roundtable and Coordination Meeting

To be held the day before next ITU-T World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (October 2008)Aim - bring together relevant standards makersPossible themes:

Reduce the standardization gapImprove collaboration

Consultation started on themes and organisation: [email protected]


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International Telecommunication Union COPANT/PASC 23-27 April 2007 1 ITU and international standards collaboration Gary Fishman Chairman ITU Telecommunication.

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